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DAVID BLOCK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GRATER..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,645, dated March3]., 1885.

Application liled October 23, 1884.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, DAVID BLOCK, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Graters, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved grater of neat,stron g. and durable construction, comfortable to handle, and moreespecially adapted for medium or large sizes. It is an improvement on aprevious invention patented to me J une 1l. 1878, by Letters Patent No.204,791.

The invention will be hereinafter described, and specifically pointedout in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l represents a face View of my irnproved grater. Fig. 2 isan end View seen in the direction of arrow l. tudinal section taken onthe line x x of Figs. l and 2, and seen in the direction of arrow 2.Fig. 4 shows the shape of one of the tiunediron blanks from which thegrater is made.

A is the main part or body provided with convex grating -surface a,surrounded by a bead, a. Above is a handle, B, and an opening, b,between the said handle and the bead a', to facilitate the holding ofthe grater by putting the fingers through the said opening` b whilegrasping the handle B. An oval bead, b', intended, like the bead a', aswell for ornament as strength, is raised upon the bodyplate A at theends of the opening b.

With the exception of the beads and the convex grating-surface beforementioned, the body A is flat, instead of being curved or partlycylindrical, as in graters heretofore made, and, to strengthen itagainst the pressure brought upon its surface in grating, it is providedalong both sides with afiange, C, which, again, for the sake of strengthand ornamentation, is corrugated longitudinally, or provided with beadsc c', raised on opposite sides upon the said ange.

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The flanges C C and the handle B may of course be made separately andsoldered to the body A; but I prefer making the entire grater out of onepiece of metal, for which purpose a sheet-metal blank is cut of aboutthe shape shown in Fig. 4.

In order to make the edges c2 of the flanges G O strong and smooth, theedges c2 of the blank are turned over along the lines d d and foldedupon the blank after stamping the raised portions. The fianges C arethen formed by turning the edges of the blank along the lines e e atright angles to the body A. The upper extension from the body A, abovethe Semicircular upper ends, f, of the flanges G, is then rolled intotubular shape, such as shown in Fig. 3, in order to form a round handle,and its circular ends are then soldered to the side flanges, O, at andin continuity with the circular edgesf.

In order to present no sharp corners against the surface upon which thegrater is rested when used, the lower ends of the flanges C are roundedot'f at g;

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A grater consisting of the body A, having anVabrasive surface. a, the opposite side flanges, C, at about rightangles to the said body, and the coiled handle B, secured with its endsto the said flanges.

2. A grater in a single-piece, consisting of the body A, having auabrasive surface, a, side flanges, C, bent at an angle to the said body,and turned in and forming the handle B.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention'I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 18th day of Septelnber, 1884.

DAVID BLOCK.

Witnesses:

A. W. ALMQvisr, A. C. CRossMAN.

